Asynchronous meditations

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

I carried a screaming, kicking 4-year old out of the bookstore last night. She couldn't choose which coloring book she wanted, so she held on to as many as she could - which was two.
"Choose one."
"I want them both."
"Make a decision, sweetheart"
"I did - I want them both."
"I meant, make a decision that I like."
"I don't like your decision. I want them both."
"One more chance, then we're leaving with NO books."
"I'll scream really loud."
"You won't be the first 4-year old who left a store screaming."
Halfway home, still kicking and screaming, she said,
"I made a decision, go back."
"Too late"
"But I made a DECISION"
"Just out of curiosity, what was it?"
"I WANT THEM BOTH!!!"
About 30 minutes after arriving home, the decibel level decreased to slightly less than the inside of a jet engine during take-off.

A little later, she drew a beautiful picture for me.

1 Comments:

Blogger annabanana5 said...

I loved that moment, it reminds me a lot about my life with God.

God: Choose a path

Me: I want both!

God: You can't have both!

You get the idea, ultimately, like a parent, God knows what is best.

2:13 PM

 

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